Pocket cash register



Oct. 8, 1929. c. c. WILLIAMS Pockm- CASH REGISTER Filed June 1, 1926 2Shepts-Sheet Oct. 8, 1929 c. c WILLIAMS POCKET CASH REGISTER FiledJune 1. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES GHANDOSCHARLES WILLIAMS, or nn'raorr, MICHIGAN rooxnrr CASH REGISTERApplication filed .Tune 1, 1926. Serial No. 113,026. i

This invention relates to cash receiving and accounting devices andrelates particularly to pocket devices serving the purpose both of apurse and a register of expenditures;

It is an object of the invention to provide a compact device comprisingareceptacle for coins and other currency, and a highly sim plified meansfor listing expenditures.

Another object is to adapt the accounting means to carry a movable sheetof paper and to permit a free removal from the device of saidmean s as aunit, so as to facilitate the renewal of the paper. a H V A furtherobject is to provide for mounting the traveling sheet of paper upon' aframe consisting of a single sheet metal stamping such as may beproduced inquantities at little expense. These objects the inventionattains by the construction herein described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, whereview of the accounting formed of sheetmaterial, having strength,

durability and flexibility, such as leather. This receptacle has amarginal upstanding wall 2 atits ends, and a front marginal wall 2*, andits rear margin is connected, preferably integrally, with a main covermember 3 havlng a marginal wall 4 corresponding to that of thereceptacle 1 and adaptedto fit within said receptacle. A connectingportion 5 of the body of said receptacle and cover member 4 exercises ahinge function, adapting the cover member to swing freely to or from itscovering positions, shown in dash lines in Fig- .u 2 I j.

' Within the receptacle 1, there, is secured a I fa ls'e bottom6,'p'referably of flexiblesheet Figure 1 is a perspective view of theinvenleaving said rolls,'is adapted to accumulate material, which coactswith the true bottom of said receptacle to form a pocket 7 for re-'ceiving coins orother currency. The member 6' is cemented or stitched tothe end walls 2 and front wall 2* but is free at its edge adj a cent'thehinge 5 soas to provide an-inlet 8 to the coin pocket. I

The receptacle 1 receives an accounting device consisting primarily ofaframe 9 and an elongated paper sheet 10 carried by said frame. Itispreferred to form the frame 9 of sheet-metal and the illustratedconstruction is such as to permit said frame to be formed from a singlesheet metal stamping. Thus said frame comprises afiat table por- 5 tion11 adapted tosupportthat span of the sheet 10 upon which entries areitobe made. Forwardly of said table portion, the frame is bent to extenddownwardly as indicated at 12, and the base of the portion 12 forms atrough-shaped keeper 12 for a paper roll 10 which is the initial form ofthe sheetlO. A curved tongue 13 integrally rises fromthe forward edge ofthekeeper 12 engaging the center portion of the roll 10 holding saidroll in the keeper and guidingthe sheet of paper as it advances tothetable portion 11 of the frame. Itis to be noted that said tongueterminates adjacent to said table portion and slightly below, the upperface thereof so as 0 to hold the paperdown upon said face. Rearwardly ofits table portion, the frame 9 is downwardly bent, as indicated at 14,to form a support for said portion, and a pair of tongues 15, integrallyprojecting from the ends of said portion are bent downwardly adjacent tothe support 14 to journal pins 16 mounting a pair of companion feedrolls 17. Above said rolls and extending parallel thereto is aslot- 18in the table member of'the SO 7 frame, through which slot thepaper sheetpasses downwardly to engage the rolls 17. Said rolls may be faced withrubber or some similar material to adapt them to more firm-- ly engagethe sheet 10. Said sheet, after beneath the table portion 11,- asindicated at r 10 It'will be seen that the depending fora ward andrear'portions12 and 14, resting upon the-falsebottom 6, elevate thetable por too tion 11 and form, beneath said portion a chamber 19 whichreceives the used portion 10 of the paper. lVhen necessary, theaccumulated used paper may be torn from the main sheet and the entriesthereon totaled. As is best seenin Figure 4, the sheet may be stressedagainst the lower edge of the part 14 of the frame so that the tear willoccur along a straight line.

To the rear edge of the false bottom, there is cemented, or otherwisepermanently attached, an inner or intermediate cover member 20 flangedat its ends and at its margin remote from the false bottom as indicatedat 21 and the flange 21 being adapted to fit within the receptacle 1,when said cover member is in its covering position. When in saidposition, a rectangular opening 22 in said cover nieniber exposes thatportion ofthe sheet 10 resting upon the table 1, so that an entry orentries may be made upon said sheet. A sufficient free portion 23 of thefabric forming said cover member eXten ds between the body of saidmember and the false bottom to serve as a hinge. is preferred to makesome provision in the way of a catch or fastening to hold the covermember 20 normally in its closed position, The illustrated fasteningmeans consists of a short strap 24: secured to the flange 21, in such amanner as to be passed snugly through a slot 25 in the wall 2 of thereceptacle as said flange engages said wall.

Toprovide for actuating the rolls 17, the pin mounting one of said rollsmay carry a serratedwheel 26 orother actuatingmember at one end of theframe 9, and said wheel may project, asseen in Figures 1 and 2, througha slot- 27 in the cover member 20 so as to be exposed when the outercover 3 is raised.

, A pair of tongues 28 formed integrally with the ends of the frame 9are bent toward each other and spaced slightly above the table 11 toco-act with the tongue 13 in holding the sheet in close contact, withthe table.

To complete the described device, is adapted to carry a pencil 29 formaking entries upon the sheet 10; Thus apertures 30 and 31 are formed inone of the ends 2 of the receptacle and in an end portion of the flange4-, said apertures registering when the cover member-2O is in coveringposition, and said pencil, when inserted in said apertures, is

engageable, within the chamber 19, with a keeper 32 formed by a tonguestruck inward ly from a, end portion of the table 11.. The tongue 32urther acts as a guide for the used portion of the sheet asitaccumulates beneath thetable, facilitating the rolling of said sheet.

. The modified form of accounting device J illustrated in Figure 5differs from the described constructiononly that the endings 1 5 of theframe mount only a single roll 17,

the sheet 7 10 being ifrictionall engaged and fed bet weensaid roll andthe epending portion 14? of the frame,

It is a feature of the construction, that the accounting device (ineither of its disclosed forms) is freely removable as a unit from thereceptacle 1, thus simplifying the manufacture and original assembly andpermitting a user of the article to very easily effect a renewal ofthesheet 10 or to tear off the used portion of the sheet.

It is to be noted that the construction makes forsim 'alicity,furthermore, in that there is avoided the use-of shafts or rollers tocarryeither the unused or used portions of the sheet. v

Preferably the receptacle 1, and its cover members 3 and 20 have anapproximate wedge form, reducing in thickness as they approach the edgeof the article at which the cover members are hinged. This shap'epermits the article to be carried more conveniently in a hip pocket.

By adapting a single article to serve both as a purse and as anaccounting device, the user of the article is definitely reminded tomake an entry of an expenditure in getting v out the" amount to bespent, and time is saved in eliminating the handling of a notebook orthe like add tionally to the handling of a purse.

ing device, it preferred to form said bottom, at least in part, of sheetmetal, or some other relatively rigid material. Thus in Figure 2 a sheetmetal plate, 33 is secured to lGO the member 6 within the coin pocket 7,The means shown for attaching said plate to said member consists oftongues 34 on said plate passed'through said member and bent down.

It will be noted that the flanged cover 3 3 forms a holder into whichcoins may be slid from the pocket 7 to permit a ready selection of anydesiredcoin or a summing up of all of the coins.

What I claim is 1 A recording device comprising a sheet of materialhaving a table portion for supporting a record receiving portion of arecord sheet, and having downturned support ng portions opposite sidesof said table porbearingmembers upon said slotted downturned 7 portion,and a feed roller for said sheet ournaled in said bearing members, the

record sheet being adapted to pass from said feed roller through saidslot and into a chamberfor the used poi'tion of the sheet formed r belowsaid table portion, and between sa d surr r i ej e i s-i a 2. A mountingof sheet material fora travelling record sheet, comprising a troughshaped receiver for. a rolled supply portion of q said record sheet, atable member integrally In order that false bottom 6 may pre sent a flatsupporting surface to, the registerizs extending from one edge of saidreceiver and a Wall integrally projecting downwardly from said tablemember at its opposite edge and spaced from said receiver to provide areceptacle for a used portion of the record sheet between said Wall andreceiver, and having an opening for the passage of the record sheet intosaid receptacle.

3. A mounting of sheet material for a travelling record sheet,comprising a trough shaped receiver for a rolled supply portion of saidrecord sheet, a table member integrally extending from one edge of saidreceiver, and a Wall integrally projecting dovvn- Wardly from said tablemember and at its opposite edge spaced from said receiver to form areceptacle for a used portion of the record sheet and slotted for thepassage of said sheet into said receptacle.

4. A mounting of sheet material for a traveling record sheet, comprisinga troughshaped receiver for a rolled supply portion of said sheet, atable member integrally X- tending from one edge of said receiver andintegrally formed with a down-turned edge portion remote from saidreceiver, said dovvnturned portion coacting with the receiver to supportsaid table member and to form heneath the table member a receptacle fora used portion of the record sheet, the table member being transverselyslotted for the passage of the record sheet into said receptacle. I

5. A mounting of sheet material for a traveling record sheet, comprisinga table member having end portions clown-turned to form supports forsaid table member and to further form, beneath said table member, areceptable for a used portion of the record sheet, said table memberbeing transversely slotted for the passage of the record sheet into saidreceptacle, and means integrally carried by one of said down-turnedportions for mounting a supply portion of the record sheet.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification. C. CHARLES WILLIAMS.

